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Index 



Foucher, A., 7, 17. 



Franke, 0., 7, 25. 



Fu-lin, 7, 8, 19, 70. 



Fu-nan, crystal mirror from, 19; dia- 

 monds of, 21; diamonds from India 

 imported into, 22, 45. 



Fu Yi, 30. 



Garbe, R., 23, 44, 49. 



Garcia ab Horto, 23, 48, 66. 



Garnet, 66. 



Geerts, 5, 21, 27, 51, 52. 



Geiger, W., 31. 



Girdle-ornaments, set with diamond, 40. 



Glass, not cut with diamond-points by 

 ancient Chinese or by Greeks and 

 Romans, 28; used for diamond imi- 

 tations in India, 41. 



Gold, associated with the diamond by 

 the Chinese in consequence of classi- 

 cal tradition, 35-38. 



Greek tales in China, 59, 60. 



Grube, W., 56. 



Guthe, J. M., 57. 



Hair-spangles, set with diamond, 40. 



Hanbury, D., 21. 



Heart, compared with diamond, 18. 



d'Herbelot, 57, 63. 



Herodotus, 15, 53, 57, 59. 



Hirth, F., 7, 8, 21, 29, 30, 33, 40, 55, 57, 



58, 60, 61, 70. 

 Horapollo, 9. 



Hormuz, diamonds from, 54. 

 Huai-nan-tse, 56, 60, 67. 

 Huan chung ki, 25, 30, 32, 34, 53, 70. 

 Huan Tsang, on Diamond-Seat, 17; on 



ruby, 62. 

 Huet, G., 20. 

 Humboldt, A. von, 36. 

 Hyacinth, 9, 14 note 4, 21, 41, 64. 



Ichneumon, 7 note 4. 



Imitation diamonds, 41-42. 



India, history of diamond in, 16-18; 

 legend of Diamond Valley in, 19; 

 diamonds from, imported into Roman 

 Orient, Fu-nan, and Kiao-chi, 22, 45; 

 eight sites where diamond was found, 

 22; diamonds of, known to Chinese in 

 third century, 35, 36; imitation dia- 

 monds in, 41 ; diamonds of, known to 

 the ancients, 44; diamond-rings from, 

 54; astrion of, 57. 



Iran, diamond known in, 53. 



Iron, does not affect diamond, 21, 23; 

 diamond turns into, 29; diamond- 

 points enclosed in, 31; association of 

 diamond with, 32. 



Isidorus, 16. 



Jade, wrought with diamond-points, 28, 

 31. 



Java, diamond finger-rings from, 53; dag- 

 gers and krisses set with diamondsin, 54 ; 

 diamonds from, known to Chinese, 54. 



Keller, O., on eagle-stone, 9; on ram, 24. 



Kern, H., 7, 41, 69. 



Kiang Yen, 40. 



Kin-kang, has double meaning "thunder- 

 bolt" and "diamond," 17; with the 

 meaning "diamond," 21, 30, 35; ex- 

 planation of the term, 37. 



King, C. W., 24, 66. 



Ko Hung, 21, 23, 36, 69. 



Kuang chi, 70. 



Kubera, 7. 



Kun-wu, 28-33; 38-40. 



K'ung-ts'ung-tse, 40. 



Kunz, G. F., 45, 63, 65. 



Kuo I-kung, 70. 



Lacouperie, T. de, 56, 61. 



Lauchert, F., 10, 23, 24, 26, 63. 



Lead, action of, on diamond, 26. 



Leclerc, L., 9, 26, 32. 



Lenz, H. O., 36, 45, 47, 62. 



Lessing, 47. 



Li Kuei, 35. 



Li Shi-chen, 12, 25, 27, 28, 29, 40, 52, 70. 



Li Sun, 34. 



Liang se kung tse ki, 6, 14, 19, 20. 



Lie-tse, 28, 32, 36, 39. 



Lin-yi, diamondrrings from, 54. 



Lippmann, E. O. von, 24, 36, 43. 



Liu-sha, 29, 30. 



Load-stone, 28, 67. 



Lucian, 58. 



Lychnis, 58, 59, 66. 



Magnetism, of precious stones, 66-67. 



Makara, 22. 



Manicheans, 18. 



Manilius, 24, 43. 



Mansur, 26. 



Marbodus, 16, 50, 61. 



Marco Polo, 11, 13, 18, 54. 



Marx, A., 59, 60. 



Megenberg, K. von, 32, 50, 61. 



Mely, F. de, 9, 24, 30, 31, 42, 59, 62. 



Milindapafiha, 16, 17. 



Mo Ti, 56. 



Mu-nan, a gem, 70. 



Nan chou i wu chi, 34, 40, 69. 

 Nan Yue chi, 62, 70. 

 Narahari, 49. 

 Nizaml, n. 



Odoric of Pordenone, 62. 

 Orphica, 59, 65. 

 Osborne, D., 43. 



Pannier, L., 24, 50, 61. 

 Parturition stone, 9. 



